God Jul och Gott Nytt År – illustration av Ramona Iurato
Illustratören Ramona Iurato samarbetade med institutet under våren i samband med det grafiska projektet ”Le acrobate, Giorni sospesi al tempo del Covid-19” – Stoccolma 2020. Nu har hon skapat en illustration för att hälsa er alla God Jul inch Gott Nytt År! Ramona Iurato är en italiensk illustratör och grafiker som bor och arbetar i […]
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Monica Bonvicini – Power Joy Humor Resistance
Power Joy Humor Resistance is an impressive light installation created by Monica Bonvicini for the Italian Cultural Institute C.M. Lerici in Stockholm. The use of language as a sculptural medium, the use of industrial materials, the interest in architecture and issues such as gender equality are distinctive features of Monica Bonvicini’s work, which can also […]
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On the Skulptur Projekte Archives and the removal of Bruce Nauman’s Square Depression
On the Skulptur Projekte Archives and the removal of Bruce Nauman’s Square Depression A talk by Julius Lehmann (CuratorLab 2020/21) Initiated in 1977 by Klaus Bussmann and Kasper König the decennial exhibition Skulptur Projekte has evolved into a testing ground for site specific public art in every decade. The development of sculpture and installation […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Thou Shalt Not Hate by Mauro Mancini
The feature film debutant and Italian director Mauro Mancini portrays in ”Thou Shalt Not Hate” an emotional drama filled with remorse and difficult moral decisions. Director Mancini demonstrates a great ability with the powerful ”Thou Shalt Not Hate”, a story inspired by true events. He is undeniably a name to remember for the future. A […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Nowhere Special by Uberto Pasolini
”Nowhere Special”, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is a tender story about a life that is coming to an end, and another that has just begun. The film asks the impossible question: how do you deal with your incurable disease and your inevitable death when you are also a single […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Lacci by Daniele Luchetti
”The Ties” has been called the European answer to last year’s acclaimed ”Marriage Story”. The drama is also the first Italian film in 11 years to have the honor of being the opening film at the Venice Film Festival – a spot that has for a long time been taken by American films such as […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Isabella Rossellini: Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award
Golden Globe Award-winning Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, became one of the film world’s most prominent names for her role in the, nowadays, cult film Blue Velvet by David Lynch from 1986. In 2020, the Italian-American actress, director, author and the former photo model is honored with the Stockholm […]
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Stockholm International Film Festival
From 11 to 22 November, Stockholm International Film Festival returns in the city’s movie theatres. This year’s edition the Festival is realized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm and the Italian Embassy in Stockholm, thanks to the integrated promotion plan Vivere all’Italiana. The Stockholm International Film Festival started in 1990 and is one of […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – Pinocchio by Matteo Garrone
In Garrone’s live-action interpretation of the classic Italian saga, we get to know wood carver Geppetto, played by Oscarwinning Roberto Benigni, whose wooden doll Pinocchio is brought to life under magical circumstances. With groundbreaking technology, astonishing special effects and makeup, signed twofold Oscar-winning Mark Coulier, and stunning Italian landscapes, Garrone recreates the world-famous story of […]
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Stockholm Film Festival – The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw
The Truffle Hunters is a real-life fairytale that celebrates human passion in a community struggling to protect a way of life that seems forgotten in time. The film follows a handful of truffle hunters seventy or eighty years young, as they hunt for the rare and expensive white truffle—which to date has resisted all of […]
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